Peirce and the Conduct of Life: Sentiment and Instinct in Ethics and Religion

ISBN-13: 9781316613856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 239 str.

Richard Atkins

Opis

An analysis of Pierce's practical philosophy and its interactions with that of William James, for scholars of American philosophy, pragmatism and ethics.

Recenzje

'… this is a valuable and important book that should appeal to a variety of readers, not only Peirce scholars, but readers interested more generally in pragmatism, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.' The New England Quarterly

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Peirce's 'paradoxical irradiations' and James's The Will to Believe; 2. A defense of Peirce's sentimental conservatism; 3. Heeding the call of one's savior; 4. On becoming welded into the universal continuum; 5. Self-control and moral responsibility; 6. Peirce and practical ethics; Bibliography.